putin signed a presidential decree to increase troops and continue special military operations
2024-09-17
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russian president vladimir putin signed a presidential decree on september 16 local time, increasing the number of russian armed forces to 2,389,130, of which 1.5 million are military personnel. the presidential decree also instructed the russian government to allocate funds to the russian ministry of defense through the federal budget.
in december 2023, the russian armed forces strength increased to 2,209,130 personnel, including 1.32 million military personnel.
russian presidential press secretary peskov said on september 15 that the russian armed forces have sufficient capabilities and economic support, russia will continue to carry out special military operations, and all goals will be achieved.
russian deputy foreign minister ryabkov warned the day before that if the west lifts restrictions on ukraine's use of long-range weapons to attack russian territory, russia will respond. russia knows that the west has already decided to attack russia's hinterland and has sent relevant signals to ukraine. the actions of the united states and britain will lead to an escalation of the situation to a point where it is difficult to control.
editor: pan sangyu
editor: zhao xin
